| Show v. Kidnaper Traps Himself A S seems to be be the case more often than not not not- ot another criminal set the trap in which he was was caught Franklin caught Franklin Pierce McCall McCaU confessed kidnaper of little James Bailey alley Cash Jr His Ills cleverness in two planned instances wherein h he tried to divert any suspicion from f falling upon him overreached itself and he actually put the finger on himself He called attention to the last of three notes demanding ransom so clumsily that ho he aroused suspicion in the mind of W W. P. P Cash the tiny victims victim's uncle He bragged that that- he could ld break into the W W. P. P Cash apartments in three minutes minutes min mm- utes just after Mrs Cash had spoken to McCall of her sense of s security in her home Besides he had loitered in the vicinity of the snatch and had joined searching parties The perfection of ot othis his planning was too perfect It was the alert mind of Mrs W W. P P. Cash which first caught the significance nce of McCalls McCall's words and acts She and her husband put husband put their heads together with the result that Sheriff Coleman Coleman Cole Cole- man arrested McCall last Tuesday questioned him and then turned him oyer over to Director Hoover of the the the-F. F. F B. B I I. I McCall took searchers to the spot where the body of the boy was hidden to the ransom cache and to a stone covering the torn which had contained the paid by the boys boy's father for his release Hoover maintained silence regarding many details of the case He said he believed the tolen child had been choked to death He told reporters h he was not certain that McCall was the only kidnaper involved but said McCall was a CIa kidnaper He stated the case is not closed The abduction of the Cash infant occurred on May 28 The arrest wa was made June 1 This praiseworthy solution of the case in its fourth day puts another feather in the cap of the F. F B. B I. I Director Hoover had 35 department of justice agents working on the manhunt The G- G Men followed routine procedure in fixing the hideous crime crime- on McCall McCan which includes utilization utilization utilization of all information coming to them from any source Nothing is overlooked until it is proved valueless This puts emphasis emphasis' on the worth of outside cooperation Overwhelmed by bythe bythe the he tragedy their minds almost unhinged the father and mother of of the little victim could give no practical assistance to th the officers W. W P. P Cash brother o of James Bailey Cash Sr a and d his wife however conveying their theil suspicions to the sheriff furnished what turned out to be the vital factor in breaking the case n during lurIng the hunt for the kidnaper talked of taking the law into their own hands if f the fiend should be taken The possibility of m mob b violence even yet is not overlooked in plans to put McCall before judge and jury It takes sober second thought to conquer the keeling feeling that the mob deserved opportunity to wreak vengeance vengeance ven yen upon such a monster Fortunately Florida has a kidnap statute paralleling the so-called so Lindbergh act It may exact the death penalty unless a recommendation recommendation dation for merc mercy accompanies a verdict of guilty Mer Mercy y What possible plea for mercy can be addressed to God or man in behalf of this snatcher baby-snatcher and baby Full expiation is the laws law's due for this foul depraved and merciless crime Should a soft-headed soft jury e exact act less it would bring merited merited merited mer mer- shame upon Florida and mock the wisdom o of the legislators who put the death penalty for kidnapers on the law books of the state It would add to the horrible p peril ril hovering over the nations nation's infants as they are put into their cribs cribs' to sleep to the fears and misgivings o of mothers and fathers of the land whose children are their most precious possessions If sentimentality and emotionalism must intervene where only law and justice have their parts to play let them step in to give such sus sus' sustaining tafu taming g comfort as they may to menaced society |
